Jesu Dulcis Memoria

Sweet Memory of Jesus

Jesu Dulcis Memoria

Sweet memory of JesusJesu dulcis memoria
Giving true joys of the heartDans vera cordis gaudia
But above honey and all thingsSed super mel et omnia
His sweet presenceEjus dulcis præsentia

Nothing is sung more sweetlyNil canitur suavius
Nothing is heard more joyfullyNil auditur jucundius
Nothing is thought more sweetlyNil cogitatur dulcius
Than Jesus, Son of GodQuam Jesus Dei filius

Jesus, hope of the penitentJesu spes pænitentibus
How kind you are to those who seek!Quam pius es petentibus!
How good to those who ask!Quam bonus te quærentibus!
But what to those who find?Sed quid invenientibus?

Neither tongue can tellNec lingua valet dicere
Nor letter expressNec littera exprimere
One who has experienced can believeExpertus potest credere
What it is to love JesusQuid sit Jesum diligere

Be Jesus our joySis Jesu nostrum gaudium
Who will be our rewardQui es futurus præmium
May our glory be in youSit nostra in te gloria
Through all eternityPer cuncta semper sæcula
AmenAmen